Other Government Agencies

Other Government Agencies

  • USDA APPROVED CHINA CIQ FACILITIES

    QUESTION: Are any members aware of how to find a list of USDA Approved CIQ facilities in China with four digit ZMC code to treat manufactured wood handicrafts with bark? ========== Answer: This is the link that USDA provided to me when I asked that question. http://dzwjyjgs.aqsiq.gov.cn/fwdh_n/qymd/zwjcp/gwqymd/201308/t20130802_370467.htm.   And I understand your pain- getting this […]

  • APHIS PERMIT TIMELINE

    QUESTION: Has any member recently filed an e-permit application PPQ form 587 with APHIS/USDA + and if so approximately how long did it take for the approval to be processed? ********* Answers: I’ve done it.  I believe APHIS allows themselves one month to process.  I had a permit that was exactly one month without response […]

  • PGA FLAGS ADDED TO HTS CODES

    QUESTION: I was just notified by my broker that 248 tariffs were added to PGAs and some affect us.  Where can we get this information when it becomes available instead of finding out from my broker when they’re processing the entry? ========== Answers: You have several options. They are: Sign up for CSMS. CSMS did […]

  • FWS RE-IMPORT

    QUESTION: A shipment of animal skins left our facility for China (and should not have)without an active FWS license(snake and ostrich skins accompanied this pig suede). The shipment was not cleared by China customs, and a return to sender wasrequested. The return came after approximately 4 months, which exceeds the timeframe toclear under General Note 3(e)v without entry […]

  • RETURNED SAMPLES AND FDA

    QUESTION: We often have situations where we send samples that are FDA regulated to CA. Sometimes, these shipments are refused by the consignee and the courier will return them to us.  The courier claims that since it is a refusal and never left the courier’s possession (even though I believe it made entry by the […]

  • USDA PERMIT FOR LACTOSE PRODUCTS

    QUESTION: I was speaking with someone the other day who advised me that the guidelines for importing products that contain lactose and lactose derivatives DO NOT require a USDA Import permit.  I have been away from the FDA regulated industries for a bit.  Has this changed?  Did these type of products previously require a USDA […]

  • RETURN OF FCC 740

    QUESTION: As of July 1, 2016, FCC is waiving the requirement for Form 740.  It was stated that during this time, FCC would consider whether to maintain, modify or eliminate its requirement. Therefore, currently any obligation to file Form 740 is suspended and the requirement is waived until December 31, 2016. Has anyone heard whether […]

  • OGA CODES PER HTS

    QUESTION:   Does anyone in the membership have a spreadsheet of the most current US HTS numbers that are flagged for OGA, ADD/CVD or both?   I am just after a simple list, HTS number and whether its flagged for OGA and their 3 digit codes.   ==========   Answer:   This may be helpful […]

  • CPC CERTIFICATE

    QUESTION: Can you please confirm if the Children’s Product Certificate (CPC) is required to be provided to manufacturer prior to be shipment to be included with the export documentation package for when the shipment exports from the manufacturer at origin, so the CPC is available to the customs broker at time of customs entry and […]

  • WHEN FCC740 IS REQUIRED

    Question: Can someone please explain what is subject to FCC regulations? Specifically which products will require form 740 to be filled out? We know computers, monitors, printers, microprocessors etc., but want to make sure we are not missing anything. For example, we recently were asked to fill out an FCC form 740 for an acoustic […]

  • EXPEDITED APHIS PERMIT

    Question: We applied for an APHIS permit back in October.  The application was accepted and the permit was issued in December.  The agency has provided the application # but apparently the Permit is lost in the mail. We have called USDA and to the specialist handling the application and have left a minimum of 5 […]

  • FDA AND FCC HTS FLAGS

    Question:   Does anyone have a listing of the HTS that flags for FDA and/or FCC? These are the two PGAs I work with the most and am looking to make a change in my process that will allow me to review outside of ABI software (our current process.) ——————————————————————— ANSWER: Here are links to […]